Rising From The Crashes
With 2 disabled Alfa Romeo's it would be rash (even by my standards) to get another vehicle now my truck is dead. So, wrench in hand, I have buckled down to finish off Gina 3.

This has been something of an ongoing project since I purchased her in November '04. I had it on the road until April '05. There were some issues such as an extremely sloppy gearlinkage, almost non-existent brakes that shuddered when used, the timing belt had not been changed for some time and the clutch was near the end of its life. Various transmission mounts were not functioned as designed either.

The reason G3 was being worked on is that Gina 2, picked up from New Hampshire in October '04, would not pass emissions testing. Wild cams were the problem. Great fun but not smog friendly. So I started work on G3. Since then, ODOT (Oregon Department of Transport) has changed the smog requirements for vehicles made prior to 1990 so that I can probably get it through now.

So I am close to getting a car back on the road. Although I have a rental paid for by the insurance company, that will probably end soon as they have made an offer that is quite acceptable.